A special election to elect a successor to former state Rep. Bobby Sanchez in the 25th House District of New Britain will be held Jan. 6, a month before the regular 2026 legislative session opens.
Sanchez, a Democrat elected to the state House in 2010, won the race for mayor of New Britain on Nov. 4 and resigned from the House Nov. 12, the day of his mayoral inauguration.
On Friday, Gov. Ned Lamont scheduled the special election, following a timetable set in state law: a writ setting a date has to be issued within 10 days of Sanchez’s resignation, and election must be held 46 days after the writ.
